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EXA Deploy New Hybrid Microwave-Fibre Route Between UK and USA

27th February, 2024 (3 Comments)

Network operator EXA Infrastructure has today announced a new plan to deploy a high-capacity hybrid data transmission route between New York and London, which will use a mix of existing subsea fibre optic cables and a new Microwave wireless link to deliver ultra-low latency transatlantic connectivity.

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Broadband ISP iDNET UK Boost Resilience with New Dark Fibre Ring

27th February, 2024 (2 Comments)

Reputable internet provider iDNET, which has been around since 1996 and offers a variety of fibre broadband and Ethernet services to UK homes and businesses, has moved to boost their wider network resilience against “rogue JCB digging” by partnering with Zayo to install their own Dark Fibre Ring for 360Gbps of extra capacity.

London Full Fibre Business ISP Vorboss Launch 25Gbps Solution

26th February, 2024 (1 Comment)

Network operator and UK ISP Vorboss, which is investing £300m to deploy a 100Gbps full fibre network (Ethernet and broadband) – dedicated to business – across central London, has today launched a new 25Gbps service exclusively for its channel partners (resellers, ISPs etc.) as it continues to unlock high capacity products for businesses.

New LCR Connect Full Fibre Network Goes Live Across Liverpool

23rd February, 2024 (1 Comment)

The LCR Connect network, which is a £32m joint venture that has rolled out a new 214km long full-fibre (broadband and Ethernet) network across much of the Liverpool City Region, has today become fully operational and made multi-gigabit speed internet connections available to more than 28,000 businesses.

UK ISP Commsworld Secures Full Fibre Contract for 42 Dundee Schools

19th February, 2024 (9 Comments)

Edinburgh-based business broadband ISP Commsworld has announced that they’ve secured a 10-year contract – worth £2.6m – from Dundee City Council (DCC) to help plan, design, migrate and manage a “completely new fibre network service” for 42 schools in and around the city.

Street Works Firm OCU Sets Up Own UK Full Fibre Biz – Artemis Fibre UPDATE

13th February, 2024 (6 Comments)

Civil engineering (utilities contractor) firm OCU Group appears to have established a new Stockport-based company called Artemis Fibre (15129999), which sounds as if it might be looking to deploy and operate its own UK full fibre (FTTP broadband, Dark Fibre and Ethernet) network to help serve the needs of their clients.

Full Fibre Expansion for London Boroughs of Wandsworth, Merton and Richmond

6th February, 2024 (15 Comments)

A new project has claimed that “residents and businesses” across the London UK boroughs of Wandsworth, Richmond upon Thames and Merton will benefit from the rollout of a new full fibre broadband and Ethernet network, which is being supported by Boldyn Networks, the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Transport for London (TfL).

Full Fibre Business ISP Vorboss Appoints New CFO from Zayo

31st January, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is investing £300m to deploy a 100Gbps full fibre network (Ethernet and broadband) – dedicated to business – across central London, has today appointed Zayo Group’s former VP of European Corporate Development and Strategy, David Gilbey, to be their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

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AltNet Aggregation Firm Strategic Imperatives UK Merges with X3T

23rd January, 2024 (0 Comments)

Software as a service provider Strategic Imperatives, which among other things operates the Fibre Café connectivity aggregation platform to help UK alternative broadband networks to grow, has today announced a deal to merge with technology firm X3T in order to harness its wholesale networks solution.

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Nokia and Zayo Push Data Speeds of 1Tbps Over 1004km UPDATE

18th January, 2024 (5 Comments)

Finnish network firm Nokia and the Zayo Group, which runs a large global metro and long-haul fibre optic network, today claims to have set a new North American distance record for fibre optic data transmission on a live network by using a single wavelength to reach speeds of 1 Terabits per second (1Tbps) over a distance of 1004km.

Telcom Bring 10Gbps Speeds to Major St Michael’s Manchester Development

18th January, 2024 (0 Comments)

Alternative network operator Telcom (ClearFibre, WeFibre, HyperCity etc.), which via its UK brands is building various 10Gbps capable “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet networks across the Midlands and North West of England, has won a deal to deploy their network to cover businesses at the future £400m St Michael’s site in Manchester.

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Vantiva Acquires CommScope’s Home Networks Division

9th January, 2024 (1 Comment)

Paris-based Vantiva, which was formerly known as Technicolor (they make a lot of budget broadband routers for ISPs), has today announced the completion of their acquisition of CommScope‘s Home Networks business. CommScope also supplies network technologies to internet and full fibre operators in the UK and elsewhere.

Zayo Group Long Haul Fibre Optic Network Map 2024

Zayo Expand 100G Fibre to More UK and West European Firms

9th January, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long-haul fibre optic network that delivers global reach, has announced an expansion of their “near-net” that will put their 100Gbps capable connectivity within reach of thousands more businesses across Western Europe (inc. the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, and France).

Neos Networks Launch 10Gbps Managed Dedicated Internet Access

8th January, 2024 (10 Comments)

Network operator Neos Networks, which runs one of the biggest 34,000km long business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 676 Points of Presence (PoPs), has today upgraded their Managed Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) product to provide capacities up to 10Gbps as standard (previously it only offered up to 1Gbps).

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BT Start UK Trial to Convert Broadband Street Cabinets into EV Chargers

8th January, 2024 (49 Comments)

UK ISP BT and its digital incubation team, Etc. (that is their actual name), has this morning kicked off the first pilot of an Electric Vehicle (EV) charger that has been repurposed from one of Openreach’s old street cabinets, which was “traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling“. Up to 60,000 more could follow.

AltNet UK Broadband Engineers Unfairly Accused of Exposing Sites to Cyber Attack UPDATE2

2nd January, 2024 (38 Comments)

A major UK newspaper has suggested that some alternative broadband operators, many of which are deploying new gigabit-capable full fibre ISP networks, are being “lazy” by failing to hand over information about “when and where they are working on BT’s network“, which allegedly risks “exposing hospitals and banks to cyber attacks“.

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How NOT to Fix a Broken Home Fibre Optic UK Broadband Cable

29th December, 2023 (17 Comments)

Some of us may take this for granted, but it’s easy for regular consumers to overlook that fixing a broken fibre optic cable on your property is NOT the same as the old approach for re-wiring network cables. Put simply, in most cases, you should not attempt to correct a broken fibre yourself. But you can learn.